---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 08/17/10: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:01 AM - Re: Re: Lightning Elevator flutter (robert keen) 2. 10:57 PM - Re: Lightning Economy (Bill Strahan) 3. 11:22 PM - Re: Re: Lightning Economy (Jim Logajan) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:01:30 AM PST US From: "robert keen" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Re: Lightning Elevator flutter The sealing tape was placed over the top and stuck to both surfaces, with a mylar seal on the bottom. See how it goes. The rod end play is also an issue on this lightning when it gets a little bumpy the ailerons move up and down. The rod ends have too much play , not wear. I will replace them and that will cure the problem there. Cheers Smokey -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of selwyn Sent: Friday, 13 August 2010 9:47 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Lightning Elevator flutter Hi Smokey, Interested to hear your experiences, I hope to be flying in about a week so I have all this to look forward to. What type of gap elevator gap seal did you have on, just tape along the hinge line? And, does anyone care to speculate on why gap seals would promote flutter (or whatever it was that was going on)? Buzz, in relation to your comment about some rod end fittings developing free play, as I'm sure others have noticed, some of them come out of the packet with free play built in. Is there any good data on the allowable free play in the control circuits, especially the ailerons? smokeysmail(at)bigpond.co wrote: > All is in good condition and I think it is the gap seal on the elevator, will know soon. When I experienced the flutter like symptoms it was not possible to hold the elevator from moving up and down, it ceased as soon as I slowed a few knots and It only lasted a couple of seconds as I was increasing speed slowly at the time. > Cheers Smokey > -------- Cheers, Selwyn Kit 66 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=308634#308634 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 18:25:00 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:57:23 PM PST US Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Lightning Economy From: "Bill Strahan" Sorry, no pictures of the flight or with the plane. Sounds crazy, but we just didn't concern ourselves with any of that. We just had fun and did whatever we happened to think to do. Once I get a few more things done on the plane and have perhaps 100 hours on the engine, I'll take it from Dallas via New Orleans to Cancun and I will thoroughly document that flight because it will be cool. I'll try to talk some other Lightning owners into going with me, and having a little Mexican adventure from Cancun to Playa del Carmen and Tulum. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=309235#309235 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:22:03 PM PST US From: Jim Logajan Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re: Lightning Economy I see a lot of videos on the net showing the kind of visibility one gets from cockpits of various aircraft. The most useful are those where the person occasionally pans the camera to give an idea of how much, and where, wings and supports obstruct visibility in flight and while taxiing. Has anyone done any such videos, or still photos, from inside Lightnings? Jim Bill Strahan wrote: > > Sorry, no pictures of the flight or with the plane. Sounds crazy, but we > just didn't concern ourselves with any of that. We just had fun and did > whatever we happened to think to do. > > Once I get a few more things done on the plane and have perhaps 100 hours on > the engine, I'll take it from Dallas via New Orleans to Cancun and I will > thoroughly document that flight because it will be cool. I'll try to talk > some other Lightning owners into going with me, and having a little Mexican > adventure from Cancun to Playa del Carmen and Tulum. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.